A first generation iPad prototype is up on eBay for $10,000

A first generation iPad prototype is up on eBay for $10,000 Sellers of Apple prototypes always have a looming fear of Apple trying to shut them down and taking back the device. It’s easy to sell a rare Apple Macintosh 128k prototype on eBay, but selling a 1st Generation iPad prototype in 16GB version with 2 dock ports wasn’t going to be easy for a seller on eBay. He wasn’t going to reveal any details about where he lives or what he does for a living, for the fear of Apple tracking him down. The man purchased the iPad prototype from a co-worker and says that he doesn’t know how the co-worker came to possess the prototype. When contacted by a team from Wired, he stated that there were chances that the prototype was stolen from Apple. The iPad was bricked when purchased from his co-worker, but he went ahead and repaired a few parts, with failure to repair the touch screen. Ne...